In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Like God"

The Learning Channel (You Know, The Other Tlc), ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Jan 29, 2002

The Learning Channel (you know, the other TLC), has a show that airs on Wednesday nights called "Junkyard Wars." Have you seen it? This is how they describe their show on their web site: "If you locked Tim Allen, Mad Max and Monty Python in a garage, you’d end up with Junkyard Wars — the ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, God's Forgiveness, Promises Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Seed Of Atheism  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2002

THE SEED OF ATHEISM "Today, as a consequence of an atheistic upbringing, we are knee deep in alcoholics, drug addicts, other chemically dependent individuals, loafers, bums, criminals, savages, uncouths, dullards, cruel and frightful juveniles who commit crimes for the fun of it. These are people ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God, Descriptions Of God, God's Omniscience

With Me  PRO

Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Nov 25, 2002

WITH ME "I find it a comfort that God not only walks with me through tough times, but he hurts ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God, God In The Hardships, Promises Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Art Thou Sunk In Depths Of Sorrow Where No Arm ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 7, 2003

Art thou sunk in depths of sorrow where no arm can reach so low? There is One whose arms almighty reach beyond thy deepest woe. God th’Eternal is thy refuge, let it still thy wild alarms; Underneath thy deepest sorrow are the everlasting arms. Underneath us—Oh, how easy! We have not to mount on ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, God's Forgiveness, God's Provision

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

C.s. Lewis' Celebrated Children's Book, The Lion, ...

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004

C.S. Lewis’ celebrated children’s book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, tells of the adventures of four children in the magical kingdom of Narnia. The story is fun, but it’s also an allegory of Christ and salvation, with Christ represented by the lion Aslan. When in Narnia, the children meet ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, God's Holiness, God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Baptist

The Tug On The Kite

Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018

Main Idea: We cannot see God, but we know He is there because we can feel Him. Verse: “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10 NKJV). Illustration: A boy in Pakistan was flying his kite very high, so high it could not be seen. A man asked him, “How do you know your kite is up there?” The ...read more

Tags: Faith, Gods Presence, Is God There, Gods Existence

Denomination: Charismatic

Once There Was A Man

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 25, 2016

ONCE THERE WAS A MAN... Once there was a man who dared God to speak. Burn the bush like you did for Moses, God. And I will follow. Collapse the walls like you did for Joshua, God. And I will fight. Still the waves like you did on Galilee, God. And I will listen. And so the man sat by a bush, near ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-28

Tags: Waiting On God, Hearing God's Voice

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When A Man Undertakes To Repent Toward His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2001

When a man undertakes to repent toward his fellowmen, it is repenting straight up a precipice; when he repents toward law, it is repenting into the crocodile’s jaws; when he repents toward public sentiment, it is throwing himself into a thicket of brambles and thorns; but when he repents toward ...read more

Tags: Repentance, God's Forgiveness, God The Father

G. K. Chesterton Said, "As Long As Matters Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

G. K. Chesterton said, “As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be strength. Like all the ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Passed Years Seem Safe Ones, Vanquished Ones, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lies in a cloud, formidable from a distance. The cloud clears as you enter it. I have ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Merely Mode!" Job 38:1-41 Key Verse(S): ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 15, 2005

“Merely Mode!” Job 38:1-41 Key verse(s): 1ff:“Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm.” When tragedies happen, do you marvel at their randomness? Seven people are gunned down in a church on a Saturday evening. A young boy of 15 and an old man of 74. The newspaper headline called it ...read more

Scripture: Job 38:1-41

Tags: God's Forgiveness, God's Provision

Denomination: Lutheran

Wwii Vet's Blood Saves Grandmother  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009

WWII VET'S BLOOD SAVES GRANDMOTHER And I think it is also what Paul was talking about in Romans 8:28 when he says, "...in all things God works for the good of those who love Him..." Kim Huffman tells this story: World War II was over, and my father, along with thousands of others had been ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Tags: God's Provision

Throughout The History Of Major League Baseball, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Throughout the history of Major League Baseball, and certainly that of the Minnesota Twins baseball team, few characters have achieved the iconic status as that of former major-leaguer Kirby Puckett. His life started in the world’s largest housing projects -- Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes -- a ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will

I Want To Read You A Page From The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I want to read you a page from the U.S. Government Peace Corps Manual for its volunteers who work in the Amazon Jungle. The page I’m going to read concerns what to do in case you’re attacked by an Anaconda. The Anaconda is the largest snake in the world. It grows to 35 feet in length and weighs ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Faith And Works Should Travel Side-By-Side, Step ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 7, 2008

Faith and works should travel side-by-side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again--until you can scarcely ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Frederick Nolan

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Frederick Nolan Frederick was fleeing from his enemies in North Africa during a time of great persecution. Exhausted with no other place to hide, he fell into a cave nearby and expected his enemies to soon find and kill him. As he lay there awaiting his death, a spider began weaving a web at the ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

A Gaelic Legend Tells Of An Eagle Swooping Down ...  PRO

Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 7, 2001

A Gaelic legend tells of an eagle swooping down and carrying a little baby to it lofty nest. The strong men of the village tried to scale the high and rugged cliff, but each one failed. Then past them went a small, frail woman, climbing the sheer precipice and returning the baby to safety. "How ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Promises Of God, Trinity

Denomination: Lutheran

Miss Anne Was Not Able To Give Helen Keller Her ...

Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003

Miss Anne was not able to give Helen Keller her sight. But she was able to lead her into an understanding of the world around her that she had never experienced before. As you watch the closing moments in the movie we began earlier, The Miracle Worker, think about how marvelous that moment must ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Charismatic

I Remember Back When I Was In My Early 20's I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I remember back when I was in my early 20’s I went to a Seminar where Bill Gothard said that God often works by this means: The birth of a vision; the death of a vision; the fulfillment of a vision. You see ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-25

Tags: God In The Hardships

Thomas Huxley Once Said, "A Man's Worst ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 19, 2009

Thomas Huxley once said, "A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do just as he likes." (Warren W. Wiersbe, Warren Wiersbe's "Be" Series: Old & New Testaments, as found ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

Denomination: Baptist